The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 12, 2026

A bulbous tan stoneware ewer features a short neck with a flared rim, an arched handle, and a stubby spout. A dark brown glaze pools over a molded medallion of layered leaves and grapes, dripping down the body in a teardrop-shaped splash. A small, three-ribbed handle crowns the decoration. The vessel's glossy surface transitions into a narrow band of pale, unglazed clay circling the base.

Ewer

800s

China, Hunan province, Tongguan, Tang dynasty

(618–907)
glazed stoneware with molded and applied decoration, Changsha ware
Overall: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)
Fiftieth anniversary gift 1966.145
Location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork

Did You Know?

Molded clay medallions with a stylized double-bird-and-leaf pattern were applied below the two side loops and the spout.
  • ?–1966
    N. V. Hammer [1917–1980], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1966–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 89, no. 94
    Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359. Reproduced: p. 345, fig. 37 www.jstor.org
  • The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
    The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).
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